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Sunderland v Blackburn Rovers : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Mon 21st Apr, 15:00 BST, Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Ryan Lowe pays counterpart Régis Le Bris a visit on Monday afternoon in the Championship, as their Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland charges face each other at the Stadium of Light. Below you'll find predictions for all the biggest betting markets, supporting statistics including head-to-heads, and the best odds. Access it all using the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

We are anticipating a close-fought game here and, as such, our prediction is under 2.5 goals. That means we a suggesting 2 goals or less will be scored in total as Sunderland and Blackburn go head-to-head. Tight defences and clear heads will be required to deliver us a winner, but we have reason to trust both sides to deliver exactly that. The statistics and the odds below point in this direction too.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sunderland
53%
8/15-
Draw
27%
10/3-
Blackburn
20%
9/2-
Sunderland 1-0
15%
9/2-
Draw 1-1
12%
15/2-
Sunderland 2-0
11%
11/2-
Draw 0-0
11%
17/2-
Sunderland 2-1
9%
15/2-
Blackburn 1-0
8%
11/1-
Sunderland 3-0
5%
9/1-
Blackburn 2-1
5%
18/1-
Sunderland 3-1
4%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
4%
22/1-
Blackburn 2-0
3%
28/1-
Sunderland 4-0
2%
20/1-
Sunderland 3-2
2%
33/1-
Sunderland 4-1
2%
28/1-
Blackburn 3-1
1%
50/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
39%
11/10-
Under 2.5 Goals
61%
8/11-
Home 1st Goal
54%
4/11-
Away 1st Goal
39%
13/5-
No 1st Goal
7%
17/2-
BTTS - Yes
42%
6/5-
BTTS - No
58%
8/13-
BTTS - Home Win
18%
3/1-
BTTS - Draw
16%
11/2-
BTTS - Away Win
8%
11/1-
Home/draw
80%
1/7-
Away/draw
47%
11/8-
Home/away
73%
1/5-
Over 1.5 Goals
66%
4/11-
Under 1.5 Goals
34%
11/5-
Over 3.5 Goals
19%
3/1-
Under 3.5 Goals
81%
1/4-
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
7/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
1/12-
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
16/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/40-
Over 0.5 Goals
89%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
11%
17/2-
Home DNB
72%
1/5-
Away DNB
39%
10/3-
Sunderland win to nil
35%
5/4-
Blackburn win to nil
13%
8/1-
Sunderland / Sunderland
35%
7/5-
Sunderland / Blackburn
2%
40/1-
Sunderland / Draw
5%
16/1-
Draw / Sunderland
21%
3/1-
Draw / Blackburn
7%
11/1-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Blackburn / Sunderland
4%
22/1-
Blackburn / Blackburn
8%
10/1-
Blackburn / Draw
4%
18/1-
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sunderland have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 36 games against teams below in the table, having won 19, drawn 11 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 15 clean sheets and have failed to score in 8 fixtures. Sunderland have outscored their opponents by 57 goals to 45 goals.

Home League Performance

Sunderland have played 21 games at home winning 12, drawing 7 and losing 2 games. They have scored 32 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Blackburn are in 10th position in the Championship on 56 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

11 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept 6 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 4 and won 4. Blackburn have conceded 17 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sunderland
Blackburn
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds42251345388 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
2
Burnley42241624488 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
3
Sheff Utd4226792483 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
May 3
4
Sunderland Home42211381976 
-
-
d
 
2-2F
Apr 21
5
Bristol C42161610964 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
6
Coventry4118815562 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
7
West Brom421418101260 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
8
M'Boro42179161060 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
9
Millwall42161214060 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
10
Blackburn Away4216818056 
Apr 21
d
 
2-2A
-
-
11
Watford4216818-556 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
12
Swansea4215918-654 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
2-3A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
13
Norwich42131415553 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
14
Sheff Wed42141117-853 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-1F
15
QPR42121416-650 
May 3
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
16
Preston42101913-849 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
17
Oxford Utd42121218-1748 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 26
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
18
Stoke42111417-1147 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
19
Portsmouth42121020-1646 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
20
Hull41111119-944 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
21
Derby42111021-1043 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-2F
l
 
2-1A
22
Cardiff4291518-2142 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-3F
23
Luton42101022-2640 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
24
Plymouth4291320-3840 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-2F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Sunderland 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
Draw
7
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sunderland0 - 1Swansea
Sunderland1 - 0Millwall
Sunderland1 - 1Preston
Sunderland2 - 1Cardiff
Sunderland0 - 1Hull
Sunderland2 - 0Luton
Sunderland2 - 2Watford
Sunderland2 - 2Plymouth
Sunderland1 - 0Portsmouth
Sunderland2 - 1Sheff Utd
Sunderland2 - 1Norwich
Sunderland1 - 1Bristol C
Sunderland2 - 1Stoke
Sunderland0 - 0West Brom
Sunderland2 - 2Coventry
Sunderland2 - 0Oxford Utd
Sunderland2 - 2Leeds
Sunderland2 - 0Derby
Sunderland1 - 0M'Boro
Sunderland1 - 0Burnley
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSunderland0 - 1Swansea
ASunderland0 - 0Norwich
ASunderland1 - 0West Brom
HSunderland1 - 0Millwall
ASunderland0 - 3Coventry
HSunderland1 - 1Preston
HSunderland2 - 1Cardiff
ASunderland2 - 1Sheff Wed
HSunderland0 - 1Hull
ASunderland1 - 2Leeds
HSunderland2 - 0Luton
HSunderland2 - 2Watford
ASunderland3 - 2M'Boro
HSunderland2 - 2Plymouth
ASunderland1 - 0Derby
ASunderland0 - 0Burnley
HSunderland1 - 0Portsmouth
HSunderland2 - 1Sheff Utd
ASunderland0 - 1Stoke
ASunderland2 - 2Blackburn
Blackburn 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Luton0 - 1Blackburn
Portsmouth1 - 0Blackburn
Stoke1 - 0Blackburn
Derby2 - 1Blackburn
Swansea3 - 0Blackburn
West Brom0 - 2Blackburn
QPR2 - 1Blackburn
Bristol C2 - 1Blackburn
Oxford Utd1 - 0Blackburn
Leeds1 - 1Blackburn
Millwall1 - 0Blackburn
Sheff Wed0 - 1Blackburn
Hull0 - 1Blackburn
M'Boro0 - 1Blackburn
Cardiff1 - 3Blackburn
Watford1 - 0Blackburn
Plymouth2 - 1Blackburn
Coventry3 - 0Blackburn
Preston0 - 0Blackburn
Burnley1 - 1Blackburn
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackburn1 - 0Luton
HBlackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
HBlackburn0 - 2M'Boro
ABlackburn0 - 1Portsmouth
HBlackburn1 - 2Cardiff
ABlackburn0 - 1Stoke
ABlackburn1 - 2Derby
HBlackburn1 - 1Norwich
ABlackburn0 - 3Swansea
HBlackburn2 - 0Plymouth
ABlackburn2 - 0West Brom
ABlackburn1 - 2QPR
HBlackburn2 - 1Preston
ABlackburn1 - 2Bristol C
HBlackburn0 - 2Coventry
ABlackburn0 - 1Oxford Utd
HBlackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
HBlackburn0 - 1Burnley
ABlackburn1 - 1Leeds
HBlackburn0 - 1Hull
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sunderland since 1997
Sunderland
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
12
11
Games: Scored
7 / 11
6 / 11
Clean sheets
5 / 11
4 / 11
SUN
5
D
3
BLB
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
1 - 5Blackburn
Sunderland2 - 1
Sunderland2 - 1
Sunderland3 - 0
Sunderland2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Blackburn
0 - 1Blackburn
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sunderland1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Blackburn since 1997
Blackburn
Sunderland
Goals: Scored
14
12
Games: Scored
9 / 12
5 / 12
Clean sheets
7 / 12
3 / 12
SUN
3
D
4
BLB
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 3Sunderland
Blackburn2 - 0
Blackburn2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Sunderland
Blackburn1 - 0
Blackburn2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 3Sunderland
Blackburn1 - 0
Goal Statistics

With a PG of just 0.8, Blackburn Rovers look set to find it difficult here. Add in the fact that Sunderland have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive Championship matches, and it could be a long afternoon for Ryan Lowe's men.

Sunderland 4th Blackburn 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Sunderland will score 1 or more goals
0
45%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 81% probability of Blackburn scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-15
Sunderland have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted
-27
Blackburn have scored 27% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Sunderland
PG (predicted goals)
Blackburn
1.5
0.8
Attack rating
17%
better
SUN
BLB
view stats
Games scored32
27
Failed to score10
15
Scored first23
17
Goals scored57
45
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.1
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.5
1.2
KickOff rating
+17%
Defence rating
14%
better
SUN
BLB
view stats
Games conceded25
28
Clean sheets17
14
Conceded first14
23
Goals conceded38
45
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
8
Conversion rate against13%
12%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+14%

Sunderland v Blackburn Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3912711
D NeilW IsidorP RobertsJ Bellingham
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L O'Nien DEF3931
8
-
T Hume DEF3936
10
-
P Roberts MID3927
9
-
D Neil MID3923
2
1
W Isidor FWD37122
10
-
A Patterson GLK36
2
-
J Bellingham MID3644
10
1
C Rigg MID3642
7
-
D Cirkin DEF3432
8
-
C Mepham DEF321
8
1
E Mayenda FWD3285
2
-
R Mundle FWD2253
1
-
D Ballard DEF1921
4
-
A Browne MID171
1
-
T Watson FWD142
1
-
A Alese  DEF12
2
-
L Hjelde DEF111
1
-
E Fée MID911
2
-
S Samed MID6
-
I Poveda FWD6
2
-
M. Aleksić FWD5
1
-
S Moore GLK4
1
-
J Seelt DEF1
-
Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
417611
D HyamY OhashiM GueyeM Gueye
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Hyam DEF4112
7
-
A Pears GLK40
4
-
M Gueye FWD4066
10
1
T Dolan MID3956
11
-
R Hedges MID3711
3
-
T Cantwell MID3325
6
-
S Tronstad MID33
4
-
L Travis MID3321
10
-
D Batth DEF322
5
-
Y Ohashi FWD3171
4
-
A Weimann  FWD3072
3
-
C Brittain DEF2913
5
-
J Rankin-Costello MID2922
4
-
O Beck DEF241
4
1
A Cozier-Duberry MID221
-
J Buckley MID22
6
-
H Carter DEF161
5
-
H Pickering DEF141
1
-
A Forshaw MID111
-
Y Ribeiro DEF101
-
D Sanderson DEF9
1
-
H Leonard FWD91
-
C Woodrow FWD6
-
A Kargbo FWD61
-
E Dennis FWD41
1
1
I. Tyjon FWD2
-
B Tóth GLK1
-